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On 17 June 2024, the Drogomilov District Court of Moscow, Russia, arrested human rights defenders and journalists Roman Anin and Ekaterina Fomina … Read more: Roman Anin and Ekaterina Fomina arrested in absentia – Front Line Defenders |Continue Reading

Today we honor Blas Lopez, a Guna Indigenous community leader from the small, flood-prone island of Gardi Sugdub, Panama. Read more: An Homage to a Beloved Indigenous Visionary | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd. unveiled its 2023 Sustainability Summary Report and first Human Rights Policy at Intersolar Europe 2024. Read more: LONGi Publishes the Company's First Human Rights Policy at 2024 Intersolar EuropeContinue Reading

… Human Rights Council, and our collective endeavour to uphold human rights and fundamental freedoms, including for individuals from the LGBT community. Read more: UN Human Rights Council 56: UK Statement for Independent Expert on SOGI – GOV.UKContinue Reading

WASHINGTON — The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Media/ Telecommunications Task Force released the following statement in reaction to … Read more: Civil Rights Advocates Decry Removal of Civil Rights Protections in APRAContinue Reading

Forces on both sides of Sri Lanka's 1983-2009 civil war committed widespread rights abuses and atrocity crimes. Fifteen years since the total defeat … Read more: Human Rights Watch Briefing Note on Human Rights in Sri LankaContinue Reading

Cooperating with all interested parties (Belarusian, as well as regional and international civil society, international human rights organizations) … Read more: UN established Human Rights Expert Group on Belarus – Sviatlana TsikhanouskayaContinue Reading

Our 200th episode of Law Pod UK is the second of our International Women's Day series exploring gender at the Bar. Read more: Law Pod UK 200th Episode – UK Human Rights BlogContinue Reading

Statement ©Michel Hincker The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O'Flaherty, visited Paris today to meet with the City of … Read more: Paris 2024: Commissioner O'Flaherty engages with the host city and civil society actors …Continue Reading

This spurious use of the human right to privacy to counter financial transparency has also been at the heart of another recent case in the UK which … Read more: Submission to Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers on undue …Continue Reading

… Human Rights (ECHR) and by extension the European Convention on Human Rights itself, Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw has said. Paula Bradshaw. It comes … Read more: UUP leadership has questions to answer over GFA commitment following Collins' comments …Continue Reading

Human rights … is the strongest tool that we have in our hands to be a voice of those who don't have power and to speak truth to those who have … Read more: S9-Episode 7: Human rights is our strongest tool | United NationsContinue Reading

BRITAIN could be on the verge of renouncing its international human rights obligations, civil liberties campaigners united in warning yesterday. Read more: Britain 'at Turning Point on Human Rights' | Morning StarContinue Reading

A coroner has found Victoria's Department of Families, Fairness and Housing breached the human rights of an Aboriginal teenager who later died in care … Read more: Coroner finds Aboriginal teenager who died in care had her human rights breachedContinue Reading